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A. L. BROWN GAIIE Filed Aug.l 10, 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented F eb. 3, 1925,'

l IUNITEDy STATES PATENT oFFlcr..

Application med August 1o, i921.. serial N0.'491,1s4.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, ALAN L. BROWN, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at 95 Ascension Street, Passaic, county of Passaic, State of New Jersey, S. A., have invented a new and useful Improvement in-and Relating tolGames, of which the following vis a specification.

This invention relates to that class of games or pastimes in which a-player moves the position of a counter lupon a chart or board according to the indications shown by'an indicating means.

One object of the invention is to provide a game or pastime adapted for the use of grown people or children and consisting in a board or chart upon which certain definite routes 'or paths are shown leading in a roundabout way to a goal or home and adapted to'be travelled by two or moreplayers .or contestants at the same time, the devious ways taken by the. players being controlled by an indicating means.

Another obj ect of the lnventlon is to pro? vide a novel indicating means for the invention in `the form of a geometrical figure having a plurality of sides and so constructed and arranged that upon rolling or tumbling the body upon a smooth and or level surface, the body isv adapted v.to come to rest with one of its faces uppermost. Said faces -varying desired indications. Said upper` ment taken by the player.

most face showing the next step lor move- A further object of the invention is to provide an indicating device as vaforesaid vwhich is equally applicable to a variety o pastimes or games and in which the'sides or faces present similar shapes and are so colored and bear such devices thereon as to A.enable the device to give awide range olf-indications. l v

A still further object of the invention is 'the method whereby the indicating means is developed. .l

In order that this invention may be clear.-

ly understood `and readily carried into effeet, the same will now be described more fully withA reference to the accompanying drawin illustrating a preferred embodiment t ereof, and in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan of one-form of `board or chart'. upon which the game lmay be played. Fig. 2v is an. elevation 'of theindicating means.

Fig. 3 represents a l preferred form of counter or piece used to-represent a player.

Fig. 4 shows one face of the dodekahedron used in the development` of the indicating means. l

Fig. 5 shows a face i the icosahedron which may 4alsobe usedin the development of the indicating means.

The game or pastime is yadapt-,ed to be played by any number of players or contestants upon a chart or board, the preferred form of which is illustrated as a whole by 1,` Fig. 1. Three starting points 2, 3, and 4, are shown each of which bear a dilierent color to correspond with the colors appearas will be hereinafter more fully described.

ing upon the faces of thev indicating means, l

A finishing point or home 8 is also shown at the opposite end of the board. In Fig. 1 the left hand starting point 2 'iysshown in dot and dash lines and these dot and dash lines are intended to represent the color greenwhich in the present instance throughout-the drawing will be used'to represent lines. The central starting-'point 3 is shown in full lines and in this instance' is intended to represent the color black. The right hand starting point is shown in dashes to yrepresent red and toco'rrespond to the red faces of the indicating means.

In the present instance there has been diS-- elosed a` board 1 l having three starting points, but it is obvious that more starting points could be incorporated on the board by increasing thesize thereof should the faces of the indicatin means, for instance, bear more than three iierent colors, as described more fully hereinafter.

Various paths or routes which the players may take are shown covering the whole of the playing surface of the chart. These paths are indicated in general at 5 and va- .rious portions of the lines are' colored to a ee with the colors appearing on the faces o they indicating means. Ihave indicated* the colors of these lines similarly to the lines representing the corresponding colors at the starting point. to wit, a dot andvdash line for green, a full line forblack and a line of dashes for red. These lines or paths are shown as intersecting at various points throughout the surface of the vboard and a circle'has been described -at each of these lpoints of intersection as at.` '6. The disl tance between two successive points of inter-` ing point or home 8. In the present instance l have illustrated a convenient form of counter in Fig. 3.

It will be noted from an observation of Fig. 1 that the various paths 5 form a devious or roundabout but continuous route from the starting points 2, 3 and i to the finishing point or home 8.

As will be more apparent hereinafter, the move made by each player during his turn of playl will not be conned to the distance between successive stations 6 but the indieating means which it is preferred to use with this invention bears a number of designs or devices 10, each of which denotes the number of stations which may be passed over by one player during one move. A counterpart of each of these designs is shown upon a Se arate card or upon the board 1 and in this instance they are illustrated as incorporated in the form of tables 11, upon the board 1 between the various starting points. Opposite each device 10, is shown the number of stops or stations over which the player, is entitled to move his counter .during each play as describedA `more fully hereinafter.

The indicating means referred to as a whole by 9 Fig. 2, and which I prefer to use in connection with the board 1 just describe/d, consists of a geometrical Ifigure or solidwhich in the present instance is Shown as having 120 faces of equal area and similar shape, sixty of which form similar and equal scalene trian les while'the otherl sixty are opposite and similar and equal scalene triangles. These triangular sides or faces are so arran ed that each of the most acute angles of t e juxtaposed faces meet in groups of ten. The angles next in acuteness are arranged to meet in groups of six while the'most obtuse angles are arranged to meet in groups of four. These latter angles are each just less than a right angle.

The solid 9 may be known vas an ekatonicosahedron or it maybe called a hexakisisosohedron or a dekakis-dodekahedron. It may be considered as being --developed in either of the following ways, to wit, (a)

' as a development of the dodekahedron or (b) as a development of the icos'ahedron.v '(a) From the dodekahedron. The reguvdiderentcolor (14) such as green.

lar dodekahedron is a solid geometrical iigure bounded by twelve regular pentagons, three of which meet at each apex. Each regular pentagon may, be divided into ten equal scalene triangles (e. g. triangles having three sides and three angles pro 0rtionately equal) by dropping perpen icuf lars from the center of the pentagon to each of the sides and connecting the said center and cach apex or vertex. Y Now referring to Fig. 1V. of the drawings if the point A (the center of the pentagon) is raised in an axial direction with respect to the solid 'a distance approximating 1/60 of the diameter of the dodekahedron and the points C, E, G, K and M raised also in an axial direction with respect to the dodekahedron a distance approximately 1/160 of the diameter of the dodekahedron and these points connected, there will result 120 equal scalene triangles, each one on a different plane and forming the 120 faces of the ekatonicosahedron.

(b) From the icosahedron: rlhe icosahedron is a solid bounded by twenty equilateral triangles, five of whichmeet at each apex. @ne of these triangles is shown in Fig. V. lt is divided into six equal scalene triangles by dropping lines to each side and to each apex from the center. Now if the center A be raised in an 'axial direction with respect of the icosahedron a distance of approximately 1/60 of its diameterand the points C', E and G raised in a similar manner a distance of approximately 1/160 of the diamter of the icosahedron and these points connected, there will be formed the solid of 120 equal sides or faces, the ekatonicosahedron.

l prefer to color sixty of these faces with one color (12) such as black, forty other faces with another color- (13) such as red and the remaining twenty faceswith stil'llha e various colors are of course alternated so that no two faces bearing the same color Iie in juxtaposition. Each of the faces, li prefer to have bear a figure or design (10) and in the present instance thirty of the faces bear a triangle (15) as an indicating or identifyin mark, twenty four other faces bear a clrcle (16), fifteen bear a semicircle (17),.twelve bear quadrants (18), ten bear trapazoids (19), eight bear chevrons (20), six bear spades (21), five bear diamonds (22), four bear clubs (23), three bear hearts (24), two bear -(':rescents (25), and one bears' a star (26). It will thus be seen that- I have provided .y an identifying mark for each of the 120 faces or sides and as is evident from the figure the diHerent marks are so'arranged that no two'marks of the same kind lappear uponffaces which lie in juxtaposition. It 1s obvious that ico for the sake of description, it will be assumed that three individuals are playing the game.

The first player who will be hereafter ,referred to as A7 rolls or tumbles the de vice upon the floor, table or other smooth,

and substantially level surface. IUpon expending the energy givenit by player A the body will come to rest with one of its faces uppermost and parallel to the surface upon which it is rolled. It will be assumed that a `green face is yuppermost and that lthis facevbears' upon it a spade. From the table hereinbefore described, it will be seen that the player is entitled to seven moves or in other words that he is entitled' to move his counter `from 'the starting point colored green and indicated at 2 in Fig. l over seven of the green paths between the stops indicated in Fig. 1 in a. continuous direction shown by the arrows to the stop or station marked 27. The next player, who will hereafter be referred to as B now takes the indicator and rolls or tumbles it as described for A." lt will be assumed for the sake of the description that the face appearinguppermost is colored black and that'this particular black face bears upon it the'indication of a circle. From the table it will be seen that B is entitled to a move of two. ln other wor s B takes his counter and beginning at Jthe black starting place moves in the direction of the arrows along the black line to the second station marked 28. The thirdV player hereafter known as C now rolls the indicator in the hereinbefore described manner and for the sake of simplifying the description it is assumed that a red face is uppermost and that this face bears a crescent. From' the table` it is seen that C is entitled to a move over eleven stations to the stopmarked 29. It is obvious, of course, that the three `players mightnot have each turned up a dierent colored face to begin with nor would they necessarily have to start from different starting points but the start in each instance might 'ust as well have-been made from one and t e same starting point and depending entirely on the color appearin on the uppermost face of the indicator.

he third player C having nished his move it is pla er As turn. A again tumbles the solid' and it is assumed that this time a black face is uppermost and that the ure a pearing on t is face is a triangle, t Y, is therefore entitled to one. move. along `the blackV line'from the stop indicated as -27 in the direction of the arrow to thestashown in 1 as 30. players being different.

being of one color,

continue in this manner until their counters reach the finishing point or Home. The

him to leave the station. ,For instance he may be at station 31 and upon his next roll turn upa black face. As there is no black ath from'l he cannot move but must wait until his next turn or until the time in which he turns up either a green or red face to pass beyond that station. The winner of the game is, of course, the player whose counter first reaches the goal or home 8.

While I have described my invention in detail in its present preferred embodiment, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art after understanding my Einvention that various changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit or scope thereof. l aim in the apl pended claims to cover all such modifications and changes.`

1Wha-t is claimed is\:- l. A game piece adapted to be tumbled which is formed as a solid a plurality of similar triangular facesin excess of forty-eight, which faces bear distin uishing symbols arranged in groups` each face in each group having the same symbol and each group bearing a definite evaluated relation to every other group:

2. A geometrical solid, having a plurality provided with ion'y of equal triangularfaces in excess of fortyeigh'tand bearing on each of said faces a means of identification.

3. A geometrical solid having a plurality of equal-triangular sides in excess of fortyeight,.colors appearing upon each of said sides, the colors on two juxtaposed sides 4. A solid having faces 'of equal area and similar shape.

5. A body having and similar shape, similar and equal scalene triangles, and the other sixty of said faces being opposite and similar and equal scalene triangles. 6. A solid having 120 similar and equal triangular facesv whereof the most acute angles ,of the juxtaposed faces Vmeet -in groups of ten, the. angles of juxtaposed faces next in acuteness meet in groups of six and the most Aobtuse anglesof juxtaposed faces meet in oups of four.

l7. VA ervice of the character describedhaving 120 equal faces, sixty 'of said faces 120 faces of equal area forty of said feces being 60 of said faces being izo of anothercolor, and twenty faces being of still another color. A

8. n a device of the character described, a body having a plurality of sides bearing means of identification, 30 of said non-adjacent sides having depicted thereon a triangle, 24 of said non-adjacent sides having depicted thereon a circle, of said non-adj'acent sides having depicted thereon a semicircle, 12 of said non-adjacent sides having depicted thereon a quadrant, l() of said nonadjacent sides having depicted thereon a trapezoid, 8 of said non-adjacent sides having depicted thereon a chevron, 6 of said non-adjacent sides having depicted thereon a spade. 5 of said non-adjacent sides having depicted thereon a' diamond, 4 of said non-adjacent sid having depicted thereon a club, 3 of said non-adjacent sides having depicted thereon a heart, 2 of said non-adjacent sides having depicted thereon a crescent, and one of said sides having depicted thereon a star.

9. A body, the surface whereof )is formed of'120 similar triangular faces, each of said faces being disposed in a dierent plane, 60 of said non-adjacent faces being black in color, 40 of said non-adjacent faces being red in color, of said non-adjacent faces being green in color, each of said faces bearing a further means of identification in the form of a figure, of said non-adjacent faces having depicted thereon a triangle, 24 of said non-adjacent faces having depicted thereon a circle, I15 of said non-adjacent faces having depicted thereon a semicircle, l2 of said non-adjacent faces having depicted thereon a quadrant 10 of said nonadjacentfaces having depicted thereon a trapezoid, 8 of said non-adjacent faces having depicted thereon a chevron,x 6 of said non-adjacent faces having depicted thereon a spade, 5 of said non-adjacent faces having depicted thereon a diamond, 4 of said nonadjatent faces having depicted thereon a club, 3 lof said non-adjacent faces having depicted thereon a heart, 2 of said non-adjacent faces having depicted thereon a cres-N cent and one of said faces having depicted thereon a star.

In testimony whereof, I, ALAN L. BROWN, have signed my name to `this specification in the presence of'two subscribing Witnesses, Ithis fourth day of August, 1921.

ALAN L. BRO`WN.

Witnesses:

WALTER H. GARDNER, iE. LANDSTAMER. 

